Submitted by Sydney43
from blog:
We’ve all had to deal with pain at some stage in our lives. Most people reach for a medicine bottle but there are other options like a TENS unit or a TENS muscle stimulator. You might not have heard of TENS units? These gadgets were invented as another way to eliminate drugs while providing pain [...]
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New York Times:
The recent recommendation on mammographies is guidance for women and doctors, and should not be injected into the partisan debate over health care reform.
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New York Times:
Backers of science-driven medicine cheered the new recommendations on cancer screening, while many patients still believe that more is always better.
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New York Times:
Backers of science-driven medicine cheered the new recommendations on cancer screening, while many patients still believe that more is always better.
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New York Times:
Senator Harry Reid scheduled the first crucial procedural vote on the major health care legislation for Saturday, after what is expected to be two marathon days of debate.
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NewsTrust - Health - Today's Picks:
McClatchy - By David Lightman - Nov. 20 (News Report) - The Senate Thursday began what promises to be a bitter, lengthy battle over the future of health care in America, and taxes, abortion, affordability and federal deficits emerged as key flashpoints.NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Revi (Read More)
Yahoo! News: Health News:
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are
climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of
Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey. (Read More)
Yahoo! News: Health News:
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The less you smoke, the more
birthdays you'll have, says the American Cancer Society as it encourages
smokers to quit on Thursday, the day of the 34th Great American
Smokeout. (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius has set back the cause of health care reform in her rush to distance herself from the recommendation of her own department's task force concerning mammograms, writes Steven Pearlstein. The advice that women under 50 shouldn't get annual mammograms was based on science, and Sebelius should. (Read More)
NewsTrust - Health - Today's Picks:
National Review - By Stephen Spruiell - Nov. 20 (News Analysis) - Medical-malpractice lawsuits drive up the cost of health care. The first episode began by defining the problem: The average cost of a health-insurance policy for a family of four doubled between 2000 and 2007, host Ira Glass said, and it is projected to doubl (Read More)
Yahoo! News: Health News:
AP - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — They call it the "Botax." The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.Vanity was an easy target as lawmakers scraped for cash for the nea (Read More)